Cost of Living Index 2017
The following figures are extracted from the 2017 Mid Year Cost of Living Index at Numbeo 2017 Mid Year.
The extracted figures include the most and the least expensive Cities from the 511 Cities in the World that are compared, together with each of the Australian and UK cities listed.
Australia certainly takes the majority of the high cost ranks for the General Cost of living and the Groceries cost of living, but the Rent and Restaurant costs appear much closer to each other.
There are FOUR charts taken from these lists and these are:
General Cost of Living
Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Index
Each Chart shows the: World Rank : Cost Index – City, Country
General Cost of Living Index 2017
1 : 149.53 – Zurich, Switzerland
31 : 91.42 – Sydney, Australia
35 : 91.03 – Perth, Australia
43 : 89.91 – Darwin, Australia
44 : 89.34 – London, UK
45 : 88.52 – Cairns, Australia
61 : 86.11 – Melbourne, Australia
62 : 86.08 – Adelaide, Australia
74 : 84.56 – Brisbane, Australia
77 : 84.43 – Hobart, Australia
88 : 83.15 – Reading, UK
92 : 82.82 – Aberdeen, UK
93 : 82.81 – Canberra, Australia
100 : 82.43 – Cambridge, UK
127 : 80.09 – Oxford, UK
137 : 79.24 – Gold Coast, Australia
145 : 78.76 – Newcastle, Australia
148 : 78.57 – Edinburgh, UK
166 : 76.71 – Coventry, UK
168 : 76.43 – Nottingham, UK
173 : 76.24 – York, UK
177 : 75.98 – Brighton, UK
188 : 75.20- Glasgow, UK
189 : 75.15 – Bristol, UK
190 : 75.10 – Norwich, UK
191 : 75.02 – Manchester, UK
222 : 72.77 – Southampton, UK
229 : 72.34 – Leeds, UK
235 : 72.06 – Sheffield, UK
250 : 70.97 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
255 : 70.65 – Birmingham, UK
256 : 70.64 – Cardiff, UK
271 : 69.35 – Liverpool, UK
274 : 68.51 – Belfast, UK
511 : 21.75 – Thiruvananthapuram, India
Rent Cost of Living Index 2017
1 : 119.63 – San Francisco, CA, United States
11 : 73.37 – London, UK
25 : 66.35 – Sydney, Australia
47 : 51.18 – Oxford, UK
58 : 45.41 – Darwin, Australia
65 : 44.13 – Cambridge, UK
66 : 44.02 – Melbourne, Australia
67 : 43.63 – Canberra, Australia
75 : 42.04 – Brisbane, Australia
77 : 41.55 – Brighton, UK
83 : 41.02 – Newcastle, Australia
91 : 39.98 – Perth, Australia
92 : 39.87 – Reading, UK
103 : 37.72 – Bristol, UK
104 : 37.71 – Gold Coast, Australia
137 : 33.39 – Adelaide, Australia
141 : 32.71 – Edinburgh, UK
155 : 31.71 – Aberdeen, UK
162 : 31.26 – Southampton, UK
181 : 29.67 – Hobart, Australia
187 : 29.34 – Manchester, UK
189 : 29.28 – Cairns, Australia
203 : 28.24 – Glasgow, UK
209 : 28.02 – Leeds, UK
211 : 27.91 – York, UK
217 : 27.50 – Birmingham, UK
233 : 25.85 – Cardiff, UK
247 : 24.87 – Coventry, UK
253 : 24.67 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
256 : 24.54 – Norwich, UK
263 : 24.02 – Sheffield, UK
266 : 23.73 – Nottingham, UK
269 : 23.49 – Liverpool, UK
279 : 22.25 – Belfast, UK
511 : 3.13 – Valenzuela, Philippines
Groceries Cost of Living Index 2017
1 : 163.71 – Zurich, Switzerland
49 : 91.03 – Darwin, Australia
59 : 89.61 – Perth, Australia
62 : 88.91 – Sydney, Australia
69 : 87.81 – Cairns, Australia
74 : 87.30 – Melbourne, Australia
79 : 86.53 – Adelaide, Australia
91 : 85.04 – Hobart, Australia
108 : 82.67 – Canberra, Australia
110 : 82.30 – Brisbane, Australia
123 : 81.07 – Gold Coast, Australia
124 : 80.92 – Newcastle, Australia
204 : 71.70 – Edinburgh, UK
206 : 71.07 – Reading, UK
218 : 70.07 – Aberdeen, UK
224 : 69.24 – Cambridge, UK
234 : 68.24 – Nottingham, UK
238 : 67.70 – London, UK
242 : 67.39 – Cardiff, UK
245 : 67.26 – York, UK
255 : 65.03 – Coventry, UK
256 : 64.98 – Bristol, UK
258 : 64.82 – Glasgow, UK
262 : 64.27 – Manchester, UK
263 : 64.02 – Oxford, UK
264 : 63.62 – Leeds, UK
266 : 63.53 – Belfast, UK
269 : 61.49 – Southampton, UK
279 : 60.75 – Brighton, UK
287 : 59.03 – Norwich, UK
291 : 58.41 – Birmingham, UK
299 : 56.47 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
303 : 55.84 – Sheffield, UK
314 : 53.69 – Liverpool, UK
511 : 22.03 – Kharkiv, Ukraine
Restaurant Cost of Living Index 2017
1 : 152.54 – Hamilton, Bermuda
24 : 96.34 – London, UK
25 : 95.60 – Darwin, Australia
26 : 94.86 – Aberdeen, UK
28 : 94.19 – Perth, Australia
30 : 93.50 – Cambridge, UK
32 : 93.22 – Reading, UK
41 : 90.66 – Hobart, Australia
65 : 85.55 – Bristol, UK
72 : 84.26 – Brighton, UK
78 : 83.63 – Manchester, UK
79 : 83.53 – Newcastle, Australia
80 : 83.31 – York, UK
83 : 82.93 – Glasgow, UK
86 : 82.37 – Sheffield, UK
95 : 80.98 – Liverpool, UK
102 : 80.38 – Brisbane, Australia
103 : 80.31 – Canberra, Australia
104 : 80.18 – Cairns, Australia
105 : 80.12 – Leeds, UK
107 : 79.84 – Oxford, UK
110 : 79.46 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
111 : 79.39 – Edinburgh, UK
130 : 78.04 – Adelaide, Australia
134 : 77.77 – Norwich, UK
141 : 76.90 – Belfast, UK
142 : 76.78 – Southampton, UK
143 : 76.69 – Melbourne, Australia
147 : 76.05 – Birmingham, UK
148 : 75.94 – Sydney, Australia
165 : 73.62 – Nottingham, UK
170 : 72.99 – Gold Coast, Australia
189 : 70.64 – Cardiff, UK
205 : 68.85 – Coventry, UK
511 : 12.12 – Thiruvananthapuram, India
Source: www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living